Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Bolu Babalola

Sweet Heat
- The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025: Time
Honey & Spice
1. Our Favorite Books of 2022: Oprah Daily
- 39 Best Books of 2022: Vanity Fair

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Diamond Eyes Deftones
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Idlewild Idlewild
Clean Slate
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
The Sunshine Place
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Liars Sarah Manguso
Sly Thom Zimny
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko

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